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When it came time to select this year’s Broad Fellow, the award committee couldn’t pick just one. Instead, they bestowed the honor on two talented postdoctoral researchers in USC Stem Cell laboratories: heart researcher Michaela Patterson and hearing researcher Ksenia […]

Posted Dec. 20, 2017, at 9:59amComments Off on Michaela Patterson named Broad FellowRead more >

Pursuing her passion for cardiovascular research, Susana Cavallero has journeyed from her hometown of Polvaredas in Saladillo, Argentina, to Buenos Aires to Los Angeles, where she is an assistant professor of research in the Department of Stem Cell Biology and […]

Posted Dec. 20, 2017, at 8:49amComments Off on Susana Cavallero dedicates her heart to vascular stem cell researchRead more >

Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a new USC Stem Cell study published in Nature Genetics. In the study, first author Michaela Patterson, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Henry Sucov, […]

Posted Aug. 7, 2017, at 11:06amComments Off on Michaela Patterson and colleagues publish study in Nature GeneticsRead more >

“I think we’re all here for the same reason,” said Michaela Patterson, a postdoc in the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC. “We’re considering applying for faculty jobs, and we’re at a […]

Posted Jun. 15, 2017, at 7:41pmComments Off on Michaela Patterson and Lindsey Barske launch “Preparing for the faculty job search”Read more >

What’s the cure for a broken heart? Ask Michaela Patterson, a postdoctoral scholar in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Henry Sucov. Patterson will deliver a presentation about heart regeneration at the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Annual […]

Posted Jun. 6, 2017, at 1:58pmComments Off on Michaela Patterson will present at the ISSCR 2017 Annual MeetingRead more >

Congratulations to Michaela Patterson, whose collaborative proposal with Lindsey Mork won a Doerr Stem Cell Challenge Grant. Together, they will use zebrafish to investigate the role of the gene Tnni3k in heart regeneration. When activated, this gene appears to lower […]